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After coming forward with her story in 2017, Tweeden told Good Morning America she was never interested in taking down the senator. "I didn't do this to have him step down. I think Al Franken does ...
Al Franken has stepped back into the world of politics, this time, through the lens of scripted television. In The Residence, he portrays Senator Aaron Filkins, a character entrenched in the murky ...
During the Franken uproar, Democratic female senators were constantly badgered about why they weren’t demanding that he step aside. At the time, I thought it was wrong that they had to pay a ...
Former Minnesota Senator and "Saturday Night Live" star Al Franken now hosts a podcast. He has been railing lately against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. But he's clueless.
Former Democratic Sen. Al Franken tweeted recently that Americans will receive "$1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year" because of a provision he wrote into the Affordable ...
Al Franken is headed back to the White House — well, sort of.. The former politician, 73, appears in the new murder mystery series, “The Residence,” and portrays fictional senator Aaron ...
Al Franken, a UCLA track and field promoter known for embracing gimmicks if it helped entertain Southern California crowds, dies at the age of 96.
Al Franken made a muted maiden appearance in the Senate on Monday, avoiding questions and sticking to his script. A week after his eight-month legal battle with former Sen. Norm Coleman (R) ended ...
Al Franken returns to late-night as he guest-hosts "The Daily Show" 05:57 Former Sen. Al Franken is returning to his roots of late-night comedy, sitting in the host's chair for a weeklong run ...
"Al Franken: God Spoke," directed by cinéma vérité filmmakers Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob, is a sketchy but often entertaining record of satirist Al Franken's campaign to counteract what he ...
Al Franken has been in the public eye for decades, first as a comedian and then as a senator from Minnesota. Since he resigned from the Senate in 2018 amid sexual harassment allegations—that he ...
Al Franken, the only U.S. senator who was also a writer and performer on “Saturday Night Live,” returns to his comedy roots with the “The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour” tour.